8-letter words containing k, s, t, a
- neatniks — Plural form of neatnik.
- netbacks — Plural form of netback.
- netspeak — internet jargon
- nunataks — Plural form of nunatak.
- oatcakes — Plural form of oatcake.
- oistrakh — David [dey-vid] /ˈdeɪ vɪd/ (Show IPA), 1908–74, Russian violinist.
- ostmarks — Plural form of ostmark.
- ostrakon — ostracon.
- outranks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outrank.
- outskate — (ice hockey, skating) To skate better than another skater.
- outspeak — to outdo or excel in speaking.
- outtakes — Plural form of outtake.
- overtask — to impose too heavy a task upon
- pakistan — Islamic Republic of, a republic in S Asia, between India and Afghanistan: formerly part of British India; known as West Pakistan from 1947–71 to distinguish it from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). 310,403 sq. mi. (803,881 sq. km). Capital: Islamabad.
- panstick — a cosmetic in stick form
- post oak — any of several American oaks, especially Quercus stellata, the wood of which is used for posts.
- postmark — an official mark stamped on letters and other mail, serving as a cancellation of the postage stamp and indicating the place, date, and sometimes time of sending or receipt.
- ratatosk — An SLR parser generator written in Gofer (a Haskell variant) by Torben AEgidius Mogensen <[email protected]>. Ratatosk generates purely functional backtracking LR0 grammar parsers (also in Gofer). Even though the sematic value of a production is a function of the attributes of its right-hand side (and thus apparently purely synthesised), inherited attributes are easily simulated by using higher-order functions.
- ruckseat — a seat fixed to or forming part of a rucksack
- sack out — a large bag of strong, coarsely woven material, as for grain, potatoes, or coal.
- saltwork — place where salt is refined
- sanskrit — an Indo-European, Indic language, in use since c1200 b.c. as the religious and classical literary language of India. Abbreviation: Skt.
- sather-k — (language) Karlsruhe Sather. A sublanguage of Sather used for introductory courses in object-oriented design and typesafe programming. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- satyrisk — a small satyr
- scatback — a fast and agile running back, often small in stature, skilled at eluding tacklers.
- seatback — the back support of a seat in an aircraft, motor vehicle, etc.
- seatwork — work that can be done by a child at his or her seat in school without supervision.
- set back — the act or state of setting or the state of being set.
- set-back — Surveying. the interval by which a chain or tape exceeds the length being measured.
- setbacks — a check to progress; a reverse or defeat: The new law was a setback.
- shakeout — an elimination or winnowing out of some competing businesses, products, etc., as a result of intense competition in a market of declining sales or rising standards of quality.
- shaktism — the worship of Shakti as the wife of Shiva.
- shiitake — a large, meaty, black or dark brown mushroom, Lentinus edodes, native to eastern Asia and frequently used in Japanese and Chinese cookery.
- shoptalk — the specialized vocabulary having to do with work or a field of work: I don't understand electronics shoptalk.
- shotokan — a popular system of karate based on the principles of Bushido and Zen
- sigatoka — a disease of bananas, characterized by discolored spots on the leaves, caused by a fungus, Mycosphaerella musicola.
- silk hat — a tall, cylindrical, black hat covered with silk plush, worn by men for formal dress. Compare beaver1 (def 4), opera hat, top hat.
- silktail — the waxwing
- sit back — relax, rest
- sitkamer — a sitting room; lounge
- sitzmark — a sunken area in the snow marking a backward fall of a skier.
- skeletal — of, relating to, or like a skeleton.
- skiatron — a cathode-ray tube used in radar
- slotback — an offensive back who lines up about one yard behind the gap in the line between a tackle and an end stationed a distance outside of the tackle.
- snakebit — bitten by a snake.
- snakepit — a pit filled with snakes
- soak out — to draw out (dirt, etc.) by or as by soaking
- softback — paperback book
- sparklet — a small spark.
- speak to — talk or converse with